After Mecklen's fleet quartermaster made a round of purchases on the island, the residents of Aegean Island finally calmed down. After all, people who spent money to buy things were not that frightening.
The frightening ones were those who took things without paying.
Well, those who neither paid nor wanted to buy anything were even more terrifying.
Charlotte took Andreus and Agon around the harbor for a while. The harbor's natural terrain was quite favorable, able to accommodate even a massive warship like the Dolmabahçe, but there were not many ships traveling between the New and Old Continents, so it was not large. Only part of the terrain had been used to build docks, with room for at most ten ships at once. The harbor was not prosperous, with not even many fishing boats. It could not compare to the ports of Fars and Inglima, or even Cappadocia.
After looking around for a while, Charlotte suggested visiting several other small towns.
Temple Robin chatted with Charlotte and Andreus for a while and developed a favorable impression of all of them. Charlotte carried an air of mystery in his words and mannerisms. Andreus was a young master born of an old noble family, with an outstanding bearing. Although Agon barely spoke, he appeared shrewd and profound as well. Temple Robin now completely believed that they had not come to seize Aegean Island.
Remembering those Ghost Ships, he still felt curious and asked, "There is something I am curious about, though I do not know whether I should ask. Why are there so many Ghost Ships in your fleet?"
Although a Legendary Warship was powerful, it was far less terrifying than hundreds of Ghost Ships.
Charlotte smiled faintly and said, "My fleet did not originally have such things. Not long ago, we